The Friend has also been named a Most Anticipated Title of 2018 by Book Riot, The Huffington Post, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, Chicago Reader, and The Hippo: New Hampshire’s Weekly

2017

December 2017

Sigrid’s novel The Friend has been named by Book Riot as a 2018 must-read and praised in a review in Publishers Weekly: “Rivetting … This elegant novel explores both rich memories and day-to-day mundanity, reflecting the way that, especially in grief, the past is often more vibrant than the present.”

Publishers Weekly also published a profile of Sigrid by Wendy Smith in its issue of November 20th.

October 2017The Friend, Sigrid’s forthcoming novel, has received a starred review from Kirkus. “Quietly brilliant and darkly funny,” the reviewer writes. “Breathtaking both in pain and in beauty; a singular book.”

Sigrid will take part in a reading event also featuring Min Jin Lee and moderated by Harold Augenbraum at the 2018 AWP CONFERENCE AND BOOKFAIR on Saturday, March 10th at 1:30 PM. The program will feature a 20-minute reading by each author, and a 30-minute moderated conversation, followed by a book signing, and will take place at the Tampa Convention Center. AWP and Kundiman will host the event. Further details available in October.

April 2017“Innocent Mistakes,” a new story by Sigrid, has just been published in the Spring 2017 issue of The Arkansas International.

Sigrid’s seventh novel, The Friend, will be published by Riverhead in February 2018.

About The Friend:
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on friendship, loss, and bereavement and a celebration of the wonder and transforming power of the human-canine bond.

2016

Sigrid will be a Master Artist-in-Residence at the ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, during the session that runs from May 14 – June 3, 2017, when she will work with a small number of resident writers. Click here for further information and details about how to apply. The deadline for applications is December 4, 2016.

In Fall 2017, Sigrid will be a Visiting Writer at the VERMONT STUDIO CENTER in Johnson, VT. The dates are September 20 – 26. For more details about VSC click here.

2015

March 2015
Sigrid has an essay, "The Most Important Thing," in a new anthology, SELFISH, SHALLOW, AND SELF-ABSORBED: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids, edited by Meghan Daum and published by Picador. For more information click here.

Sigrid joins the faculty for the 2015 Kundiman Asian American Writing Retreat. Click here for information about the retreat and how to apply.

June 24 – 28, 2015
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, ROSE HILL CAMPUS
NEW YORK CITY
Application Period: December 15 – January 31

2014

December 2014

Regarding Susan Sontag, a film by Nancy Kates, in which Sigrid is among people interviewed, will have its broadcast premiere on Monday, December 8, at 9p/8c on HBO. For information about the documentary, including a schedule of worldwide screenings, click here.

February 2014
Sigrid is among contributors to a new anthology,The Beatles Are Here!Edited by Penelope Rowlands and published by Algonquin Books, the anthology includes essays by writers, musicians, and others looking back to the band's first appearance in America, fifty years ago.

2013

November 2013Sigrid is among contributors to A Fork in the Road(Lonely Planet), a new anthology, edited by James Oseland, which includes tales of memorable culinary adventures experienced by each of 39 authors somewhere on the road.